IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Walnut Grove
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0332112
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0332112
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2112
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50032
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 44.0832787
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2788391
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 107N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet north and 500 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN033—Cottonwood
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN033—Cottonwood County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44095-A3—Storden, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Walnut Grove
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/28/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN211201
    A—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN211202
    Bw—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN211203
    Bg1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211204
    Bg2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211205
    Bkg—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; massive parts to moderate medium angular blocky; firm; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN211206
    Cg—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; massive; firm; 21 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # MN211207